In for the long haul

'Crozier still heads to the rink — the Sabres' head offices inside the HSBC Arena — every day at 5:45 a.m. His official title with Buffalo is "special consultant," though most of the consulting he does now is over the phone with fans looking to buy tickets and perhaps talk about the success of the current squad. "I've been out of the hockey department since [Ted] Nolan left in 1999, but I'm still part of it all," Crozier says. "I like coming to the rink. I like seeing the players. I like doing my thing."'